Area of middle and late Saxon town, and medieval defences, off Old Foundry Road
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Plan your visit
🦅Birds🦉Wildlife🦋Insects
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Getting here
52.05843, 1.15836
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Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Fresh Start & Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out
🌤️ Visiting this summer
- 🐦86+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Magpie and Robin
- ✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
- ☕Fresh Start & Coffee — a good base for a longer summer day out
- £Free to visit — no entry charge
- 🐕Dogs welcome
☕Café🅿️Parking· Paid🛝Playground🚻Toilets
🦅Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Canada Goose +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
Birds — Magpie, Robin, Canada Goose +83 more · last seen 2026
Free
🦋Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Large Red Damselfly, Stag Beetle, Azure Damselfly +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
🍂Seasonal nature
Strong match
Plants — Green Alkanet, Red Dead-nettle, Lesser Celandine +64 more · last seen 2026
Free
Historic site; Grade I listed building nearby: CHURCH OF ST MARGARET
Free
Trails nearby
Within roughly 5 km8 signed routes nearby · 3 public paths nearby
Signed route nearbyPublic paths
King Charles III England Coast Path: East: Shotley Gate to Felixstowe FerryWalking route▾
Named routeRef ECPNational walking route
Sandlings WalkWalking route89 km▾
Southwold to Rushmere Heath on the outskirts of Ipswich
Named routeLength 89 kmRegional walking route
Stour & Orwell WalkWalking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (St Augustine's route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Sandlings Walk (Heath Road route)Walking route▾
Named routeRegional walking route
Cox Lanepublic footpath · 52 m▾
Public pathpublic footpathLength 52 mPath type: pedestrian
187 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN 51Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 2Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 2Local cycle route
2ACycling route▾
Named routeLocal cycle route
Route 10BCycling route▾
Named routeRef 10BLocal cycle route
NCN51 Proposed change avoiding Duke Street, IpswichCycling route▾
Named routeRef 51National Cycle Network
Route 4Cycling route▾
Named routeRef 4Local cycle route
1 public path nearby
Public paths
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Building on Great Colman Street/Old Foundry Road
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Wildlife to spot
58,963 records · National Biodiversity Network
Wildlife to spot
58,963 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Stag Beetle · Wool Carder Bee · Emperor Dragonfly +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Butterfly-bush · Box-leaved Honeysuckle · Horse-chestnut +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Alexanders
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot
58,963 records · National Biodiversity Network🐦Birds41 species
winterspring
2026▾
Robin · House Sparrow · Magpie · Black-headed Gull · Moorhen +36
- RobinErithacus rubecula
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- MagpiePica pica
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
- MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- BlackbirdTurdus merula
- Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Canada GooseBranta canadensis
- Great TitParus major
- JayGarrulus glandarius
- WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
- Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
- TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025
- Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
- RedshankTringa totanus2025
- CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
- PeregrineFalco peregrinus2025
- Rock DoveColumba livia2025
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- CootFulica atra
- Pied WagtailMotacilla alba
- ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
- StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2025
- Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
- SiskinSpinus spinus2025
- RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
- LinnetLinaria cannabina2025
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
- Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
- Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2025
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
- KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
- Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
🐸Amphibians1 species
winter
2026▾
Smooth Newt
- Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris
🐝Insects19 species
springsummer
2026▾
7-spot Ladybird · Firebug · Stag Beetle · Wool Carder Bee · Emperor Dragonfly +14
- 7-spot LadybirdCoccinella septempunctata
- FirebugPyrrhocoris apterus
- Stag BeetleLucanus cervus2025
- Wool Carder BeeAnthidium manicatum2025
- Emperor DragonflyAnax imperator2025
- Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Green Alkanet · Lesser Celandine · Butterfly-bush · Box-leaved Honeysuckle · Horse-chestnut +20
- Green AlkanetPentaglottis sempervirens
- Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
- Butterfly-bushBuddleja davidii2025
- Box-leaved HoneysuckleLonicera pileata
- Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum
- HawthornCrataegus monogyna
- Alexanders
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Rhyparochromus vulgaris
Harlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisHarlequin LadybirdHarmonia axyridisCommon DarterSympetrum striolatum2025Common DarterSympetrum striolatum202510-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctata10-spot LadybirdAdalia decempunctataRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaRhaphigaster nebulosaJuniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Juniper ShieldbugCyphostethus tristriatus2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Hornet HoverflyVolucella zonaria2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Migrant HawkerAeshna mixta2025Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila melanogaster2025Drosophila melanogasterDrosophila melanogaster2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Willow Emerald DamselflyChalcolestes viridis2025Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025Forget-me-not ShieldbugSehirus luctuosus2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Xanthogramma pedissequumXanthogramma pedissequum2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Summer ChaferAmphimallon solstitiale2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Southern HawkerAeshna cyanea2025Smyrnium olusatrum
Smyrnium olusatrum
Musk Stork's-billErodium moschatumMusk Stork's-billErodium moschatumPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaPellitory-of-the-wallParietaria judaicaHeart-leaved BergeniaBergenia cordifoliaHeart-leaved BergeniaBergenia cordifoliaPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusPetty SpurgeEuphorbia peplusSweet VioletViola odorataSweet VioletViola odorataGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaGround-ivyGlechoma hederaceaSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumSowbreadCyclamen hederifoliumGoat WillowSalix capreaGoat WillowSalix capreaLungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025LungwortPulmonaria officinalis2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Black NightshadeSolanum nigrum2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025Bristly OxtongueHelminthotheca echioides2025HopHumulus lupulus2025HopHumulus lupulus2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Large-flowered Evening-primroseOenothera glazioviana2025Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2025Mexican OrangeChoisya ternata2025Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides2025Hawkweed OxtonguePicris hieracioides2025Tall NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides2025Tall NightshadeSolanum chenopodioides2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius2025